Download Fundamentals of Design and the Built Environment: Trace Studies Exercise for Cube Geometry and more Papers Architecture in PDF only on Docsity! GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | COA 1011 | FUNDAMENTALS OF DESIGN AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT 1 SUSAN PRYOR | pryor_susan@hotmail.com EXERCISE 2 2.1 – TRACE STUDIES TUESDAY, 09.16.03 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ MATERIALS TRACE PAPER, PENCILS, SHARPENER, ERASER, 45/45/90 TRIANGLE, 30/60/90 TRIANGLE IN CLASS 2.1.1: UNFOLD THE CUBE SKETCH QUICKLY (FREE-HAND) THE 6 DISTINCT SIDES OF A 4” X 4” X 4” CUBE AT FULL SCALE (1” = 1”). ASSIGN EACH DRAWING A LOCATION ON THE CUBE, I.E.: TOP, BOTTOM, FRONT, BACK, LEFT, RIGHT. COMPOSE THESE SIX (6) FACES OR SIDES INTO A SINGLE DRAWING. IN A SENSE, WHAT YOU ARE DOING IS ‘OPENING UP’ AND ‘LAYING FLAT’ THE CUBE. YOU MIGHT THINK THROUGH THE DIFFERENT WAYS YOU COULD DO THIS BEFORE DRAWING ONE OF THEM. DRAW AT LEAST 3 SUB-DIVIDING LINES ONTO EACH SIDE – DO NOT USE DIAGONALS. SOME THINGS TO CONSIDER AS YOU THINK THROUGH WHAT AND WHERE THE ‘SUB-DIVISIONS’ COULD GO: THE PROPORTION OF THE SUB-DIVISIONS CREATED THE MODULE AT WHICH THE SUB-DIVIDING LINES OCCUR THE MODULE’S RELATIONSHIP TO THE SIZE OF THE CUBE (4” X 4” X 4”) THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE SUB-DIVIDING LINES TO THE EDGES OF THE CUBE. (KEEP THE SUB-DIVIDING LINES EITHER PARALLEL OR PERPENDICULAR TO THE EDGES. DIAGONAL OR CURVED LINES WILL UNNECESSARILY COMPLICATE THIS EXERCISE.) PAGE 1 OF 4 2.1.2: PRODUCE AXONOMETRIC SKETCHES FREE-HAND ON TRACE PAPER (THOUGH YOU MAY USE A “STRAIGHT-EDGE” IF YOUR LINES ARE TOO ‘FREE’) OF THE CUBE, SHOWING THE SUBDIVISIONS ON EACH SIDE. TRY BOTH 45/45 AND 30/60 AXONOMETRICS. (USE THE ADJUSTABLE TRIANGLE) EACH AXONOMETRIC DRAWING CAN REVEAL THREE (3) SIDES OF THE CUBE. THEREFORE IT WILL TAKE AT LEAST TWO (2) AXONOMETRIC SKETCHES TO DISPLAY ALL SIX (6) SIDES. 2.1.3: DIAGRAMS DESCRIBE/INVESTIGATE POTENTIAL RELATIONSHIPS OR OPPORTUNITIES FOR CARVING INTO THE CUBE, USING THE SUB-DIVISION LINES AS REGULATING LINES. YOUR SERIES MAY DESCRIBE / INVESTIGATE: RULES FOR ORGANIZING YOUR SUBTRACTIONS/EXTRUSIONS. (PATTERN, MODULARITY, RECIPROCAL GESTURES, VOLUMETRIC DISPLACEMENT, SOLID/VOID, ETC.) THE WAY SUBTRACTIONS/EXTRUSIONS BEHAVE AS YOU CUT A SERIES OF SECTIONS THROUGH THE CUBE AMPLIFY A LATENT CHARACTERISTIC OF THE SUBDIVISIONS AND THEIR RELATION TO ONE ANOTHER (PINWHEEL, KNIGHT’S MOVE, CUT AND FILL, ETC.) FORMAL PROPERTIES INHERENT IN THE CUBIC FORM (GRIDDED, LINE VS. PLANE VS. VOLUME, GEOMETRIC PROPORTIONS) YOU MAY FIND THAT THIS DIAGRAMMING EXERCISE SUGGESTS MODIFICATIONS TO THE ORIGINAL SUB- DIVISION LINES TO BETTER FIT OR REINFORCE A CONCEPTUAL SCHEME. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DO SO. PAGE 2 OF 4
